Description:
"There are more than 12,000 different kinds of insects in Great Britain, and obviously it is
quite impossible in a book of this size to begin to described them all. The author has
therefore chosen the more common insects and grouped them under their 'trades'. There are the
Wood-Borers, such as the Stag-Beetles; the Grave-Diggers, such as the Burying Beetles; the
Dustmen; the Beauties; the Flower Fertilisers; the Insect Eaters, etc. Each section tells the
story and describes the habit of one insect, and ends with a note of some of the others which
practise the same profession.
Major Sandars[…]has made this difficult subject really interesting and
exciting—even to those who may have a natural dislike for creepy, crawly creatures!"